Search for dissertations about: "high education"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 815 swedish dissertations containing the words high education.

  2. 16. High achiever! Always a high achiever? : A comparison of student achievements on mathematical tests with different aims and goals

    Author : Elisabet Mellroth; Arne Engström; Jari Appelgren; Astrid Pettersson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; achievement; alternative assessment; curriculum based assessment mathematical competency; mathematical kangaroo; mathematics tests; national tests; Matematik; Mathematics;

    Abstract : This study explored changes in relative achievement over time. It also investigated differences in how two groups of students activate mathematical competencies. READ MORE

  4. 17. Understanding learning and learning for understanding : Exploring medical students' personal understandings of learning tasks and experiences of learning and understanding in medicine

    Author : Anna Bonnevier; Max Scheja; Anna Josephson; Thomas Lavelle; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Approaches to learning; experiences of learning; higher education; high-quality understanding; medical student learning; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The central concern of the thesis is to problematise the complexity of the relationship between student learning and the teaching-learning environment in medicine as experienced by students. The thesis argues that learning material presented to students offers only potential for learning. READ MORE

  5. 18. Sensemaking and organising in the policing of high risk situations : Focusing the Swedish Police National Counter-Terrorist Unit

    Author : Oscar Rantatalo; Staffan Karp; Camilla Thunberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Specialised police units; sensemaking; high reliability organising; organisation; counter-terrorism policing; incident management; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : Specialised policing of critical incidents has previously been underexplored within scholarly research. Simultaneously, this type of policing has been recognised as a highly complex endeavour which hinges on an organisationalability to make sense of uncertainty and external contingencies. READ MORE

  6. 19. Essays on inputs, admissions and returns to education

    Author : Linn Karlsson; David Granlund; Magnus Wikström; Sandra McNally; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics of education; computers; TIMSS; academic achievement; admissions; upper secondary grades; SweSAT; underprediction; gender differences; adult education; second-chance education; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Paper [I] analyses the associations between computer use in schools and at home and test scores by using TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) data for more than 900,000 fourth-graders in 2011 and 2015. Pupils who used computers at school, especially those who used them frequently, scored lower than students who never used computers. READ MORE

  7. 20. Included yet Excluded? : Conditions for Inclusive Teaching in Physical Education and Health

    Author : Peter Åström; Staffan Karp; Simon Wolming; Stefan Lund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inclusive teaching; exclusion; physical education and health; motivation; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : This dissertation has examined the conditions for teachers who teach Physical Education and Health (PEH) in elementary school (age 11-12) and their opportunities to pursue inclusive teaching with the aim of reaching all pupils. The compilation thesis consists of four different articles and provides knowledge from the perspectives of pupils and teachers, but it also includes teaching and learning processes that were studied in situ. READ MORE